I thought I would make this thread because a few people have started asking for sweats and talking about them. So if you want a sweat/offering a sweat then post in here and hopefully people can get them up and running alot quicker. I am unavailable atm due to exam period sorry.

Nice idea Jurn.
If some on doesnt know here is how a sweat work:
You get a partner and both download http://teamviewer.com/index.aspx (or another similar software), this software alows u to see your partners screen so make sure to have all personal info out of side.
You then both get on AIM/MSN/Skype and one person plays will the other watches and critics your play and gives u advice.

I'm available to sweat if anyone wants some advice.
Send me a pm or ask here and we can work out a time.
Available during the week from around 10am ET till about 18pm ET starting times.
And weekends all day and all night baby (basically).

Can help you at 25nl FR and below.

...I wanna help, too...if possible...with 2nl.

definitely interested in someone watching me play

What limit?

2nl

Sweet, I can help out with that. PM times you are available and we'll try and work something out.

I can sweat anyone 6max 25nl and below and wouldnt mind some of the higher guys sweating me.

Anyone up for it lemme know.

I really like this concept and would definitely be interested in someone watching my game at some point and offering advice, problem would be finding time. How long do you usually do these sessions for? 1 hour?

I play micro games - 2NL, on full tilt and usually try to run 3 or 4 tables at a time. I have tried using the HUD before, but find it crowds my screen and I don't really know what I am looking at, so often turn it off after a few minutes. Would be interested in getting walked through how to properly use the HUD as well as a critique on my play.

As a side note, do the poker sites have any issues with people doing this? I know they would shut you down if you were on the same table from viewing end, but this is obviously not the issue. I am just wondering if they are looking for remote desktop situations or software like this in their scanning tools?

Time frame is really up to you. Could be for 30min, and hour, whatever both parties decide upon. Do you play FR or 6max? Either way we can set something up. 2nl is really just about nutpeddling anyway.

I can help you with the hud too, which program are you using for yours?

Not sure on terminology, but for arguments sake I will call the people doing the playing as the "sweatees", and the people watching and offering advice as the "sweaters".

I have a proposal for this concept, one that can be used monthly going forward. I think that whenever the sweatees are in profit from one of these sessions (which should be almost all of the time given that the sweaters will likely be dominate at this level and the advice should be paying off), then any profits from the sessions get amalgamated in a single account, and that money is then used on a monthly freeroll for anyone who acted as a sweater in that month. Sweatees should feel an obligation to donate those profits back to the pool, but also will obviously have the right or ability to donate more to show their appreciation (and obviously if they choose not to donate their profits, that is their choice as well, however, seeing as someone has donated their time to improve your game, I think it is the very least you can do to give back).

I am not sure how much would accumulate in the month, but I would imagine that if there are a lot of Sweatee/Sweater sessions in a month this could really add up.

I am happy to assist with the administration and setting up of this system, but I believe everyone would feel much more comfortable with one of the more senior members/administrators of Cardschat looking after it. I know I would not want to send my money to a junior member for this type of a system. What do you think of that proposal?

Originally Posted by Deltafrost

Time frame is really up to you. Could be for 30min, and hour, whatever both parties decide upon. Do you play FR or 6max? Either way we can set something up. 2nl is really just about nutpeddling anyway.

I can help you with the hud too, which program are you using for yours?

I am still in my trial of pokertracker (11 days left). After that trial is done, I am going to try another one to compare. I play FR, and could really use the advice and the feedback. Things are pretty manic at work right now, so I am not getting decent blocks of time to do this, but will put a note on here for a sweater when I know I have a clear hour to make the most of it. Hopefully sometime before the end of the month.

Originally Posted by fergy05

Not sure on terminology, but for arguments sake I will call the people doing the playing as the "sweatees", and the people watching and offering advice as the "sweaters".

I have a proposal for this concept, one that can be used monthly going forward. I think that whenever the sweatees are in profit from one of these sessions (which should be almost all of the time given that the sweaters will likely be dominate at this level and the advice should be paying off), then any profits from the sessions get amalgamated in a single account, and that money is then used on a monthly freeroll for anyone who acted as a sweater in that month. Sweatees should feel an obligation to donate those profits back to the pool, but also will obviously have the right or ability to donate more to show their appreciation (and obviously if they choose not to donate their profits, that is their choice as well, however, seeing as someone has donated their time to improve your game, I think it is the very least you can do to give back).

I am not sure how much would accumulate in the month, but I would imagine that if there are a lot of Sweatee/Sweater sessions in a month this could really add up.

I am happy to assist with the administration and setting up of this system, but I believe everyone would feel much more comfortable with one of the more senior members/administrators of Cardschat looking after it. I know I would not want to send my money to a junior member for this type of a system. What do you think of that proposal?

Nice idea but not really necesery imo.
CC works like a pay it forward system.
If some on helps u out they dont really expect anything in return cause another member allready helped him out in the past, all he asks is that when your in a postion to helps another member out some where down the line u do it.

+1.
Donating the profits from the session sounds dumb, no offence.
Cause it's essentially you playing and you shouldn't be denied your own profits. CC has plenty of freerolls and in any cause sweaters aren't really looking to profit from these things.

They just want to help beginning/struggling players.

Not proposing it as a means of profit, just as a way of showing appreciation and to give something back. If they are looking to profit from it, they would be much better off playing their own game with that time as they likely play much higher levels and therefore would end up further ahead without it.

Pay it forward idea works for me, I just thought it would be a good way of showing your appreciation more directly. When (or should I say if), I get to the level of being able to help a newer member with their game, I think I would appreciate a fun freeroll in return for it. Your right it would not be necessary or make a difference to whether I contribute my time or not, but would still be fun - I may have a very different opinion of it by then as I know more advanced members don't enjoy the low money games, which is likely what this would be.

Bottom line is that the sweaters are conveying that they don't want it, so I will shelve my suggestion. You guys are too generous with your time and willing to help others out, this is a strange branch of society in this forum.

Wow this is a interesting post. I would luv some1 to sweat me and show me where i am playing wrong. I am open so anybody who is interested in sweating me please let me know. I am playing .01/.02 right now and the highest i have played was .10/.25. I mainly play 6 max cash. would luv some help. so anybody who would like to help please let me know.

Anyone willing to take on a sweatee tonight? I will be playing for the next couple of hours and would very much welcome the advice if anyone is up for it.

Done for the night, so not around for a Sweater anymore. Will try to get a message in this post with more warning next time to see if anyone is up for it.

Originally Posted by Deltafrost

I can sweat anyone 6max 25nl and below and wouldnt mind some of the higher guys sweating me.

Anyone up for it lemme know.

I'm back playing 6max again, 10nl, would be interested to see how someone else views my game, trouble is i usually stack 6 tables though, would i maybe need to cut down to say 3 or 4 tables so that i could tile or overlap them??

I'll get downloading teamviewer and shizzle, gonna be hard to work out a time though as your across the pond from me (i think), whats your time diff from gmt?

fwiw i think jurn needs to learn 6 max b/c the timezone thing wouldnt be an issue and i'm sure he'd learn to kill it soon enough thus being able to teach me how to kill it lol

Or you could ask Jagsti..

I love how all the FR guys are switching to 6-max and vice versa. Myself included...

I'm not

6-max is the devil. You'll all realize that eventually.

Originally Posted by kleitches

I love how all the FR guys are switching to 6-max and vice versa. Myself included...

I switched about a month ago but since then i've reswitched and reswitched again i think lol I'm sticking with it this time though.

Metaphorically speaking, it's like i went in the sea for the first time as a kid on holiday, after a while of being thrown around by the sea and getting sand in awkward places i decide to get out and get dried off to chill out and relax on my towel, but i had soo much fun in the sea that it keeps pulling me back in and after 10mins of being dry and complaining about how a wave knocked me underwater i can't help myself and run back down to the sea to get thrown around by the waves again, that is my idea of 6max, now i've decided that chilling on the towel is boring and i'm just going to be embracing the waves from now on.

In summary, 6max is the shiznae

Is there any experienced players out there that would be willing (and able) to Sweat me tomorrow night. I have been playing mostly 2NL cash games. I know there are a lot of weaknesses in my game, but probably the biggest one right now is that I don't currently use the HUD. I have been trying out the Poker Tracker trial and have about 6 days left on it, so I would love someone to help me make some sense of it and help me feel comfortable with the HUD before I spend money on it. As well as looking into some of my stats to help me get the mind set needed to properly analyse my game.

Besides that I am just looking for general advice to help my game out, and to turn me from my current break even (or slightly losing) game, to being a winning 2NL player. I have read a couple of books so far (Harrington on Hold'em, and "How to beat Sit-&-Go tournaments"), and looked through a lot of forum posts on this site, so I feel I have a decent grasp of most terms and a high level view of the various concepts (basic concepts that is - position, paying attention to opponents, tight vs loose aggressive play etc).

If anyone is willing to sweat me, I would really appreciate it. Best time for me would be 8:30pm my time (I am in Mountain time) tomorrow night (May 13th), so that would be about 10:30pm Eastern time. I am of course flexible in that time if someone is willing but time does not suit.

Also, if you are willing to do this, and have some suggestions of what I should read up on before then, please let me know. Particular threads or a website or 2. I won't be able to view videos or practice concepts before then though as I will have to do it from work.

Fergy i have some time right now if u like.
I wouldnt call my self an experience ring player but if your playing 2nl i think i could help u out.
PM if u are intrested and i will give u my AIM and stuff.....

Could use a sweat this week.
Been kind of in a rut this last week and not much progress. Feel not focused when I play and as a result do stupid things.

Sweat for 25nl FR or 50nl FR please.

Originally Posted by WVHillbilly

6-max is the devil. You'll all realize that eventually.

I second that, the swings make me want to vomit ...definitely will stick with FR

Originally Posted by fergy05

Is there any experienced players out there that would be willing (and able) to Sweat me tomorrow night. I have been playing mostly 2NL cash games. I know there are a lot of weaknesses in my game, but probably the biggest one right now is that I don't currently use the HUD. I have been trying out the Poker Tracker trial and have about 6 days left on it, so I would love someone to help me make some sense of it and help me feel comfortable with the HUD before I spend money on it. As well as looking into some of my stats to help me get the mind set needed to properly analyse my game.

Besides that I am just looking for general advice to help my game out, and to turn me from my current break even (or slightly losing) game, to being a winning 2NL player. I have read a couple of books so far (Harrington on Hold'em, and "How to beat Sit-&-Go tournaments"), and looked through a lot of forum posts on this site, so I feel I have a decent grasp of most terms and a high level view of the various concepts (basic concepts that is - position, paying attention to opponents, tight vs loose aggressive play etc).

If anyone is willing to sweat me, I would really appreciate it. Best time for me would be 8:30pm my time (I am in Mountain time) tomorrow night (May 13th), so that would be about 10:30pm Eastern time. I am of course flexible in that time if someone is willing but time does not suit.

Also, if you are willing to do this, and have some suggestions of what I should read up on before then, please let me know. Particular threads or a website or 2. I won't be able to view videos or practice concepts before then though as I will have to do it from work.

Why do you need to be sweated when you made this post in the donk quest challenge?? I thought you already have a winning formula ?

"BFW, don't listen to these guys on this thread, they obviously don't know what they are talking about. YOu have seen the results yourself and your method is obviously flawless. I think you should put some time into writing a poker book. There is big money in poker books and they all basically say the same thing "Play premium hands, Position is important, etc", the market is wide open for a book on your winning strategy, so how can you go wrong. I think a good name for your book could be "How to go from $0 - $10,000 without worrying about the cards you hold".

All of these so called "good players" that keep making snide posts your way only manage to pull in a measley 10 - 30 BB/100 hands (I think that is the range they aim for). YOur strategy is netting you 100BB each hand, I know the one I would prefer.

Keep up the good work and ignore all of these nay-sayers. When you get the first chapters of the books done, I would love it if you posted them in the forums here for me to read through and learn from. I promise to buy the book when it is published (I will put a little aside from my first 10K that I make using your strategy)."

two sweats lined up with Jagsti + Enty for the weekend!

Exam tomorrow mo fo's !!

Originally Posted by Jurn8

Why do you need to be sweated when you made this post in the donk quest challenge?? I thought you already have a winning formula ?

level got leveled ?

Originally Posted by Jurn8

Why do you need to be sweated when you made this post in the donk quest challenge?? I thought you already have a winning formula ?

"BFW, don't listen to these guys on this thread, they obviously don't know what they are talking about. YOu have seen the results yourself and your method is obviously flawless. I think you should put some time into writing a poker book. There is big money in poker books and they all basically say the same thing "Play premium hands, Position is important, etc", the market is wide open for a book on your winning strategy, so how can you go wrong. I think a good name for your book could be "How to go from $0 - $10,000 without worrying about the cards you hold".

All of these so called "good players" that keep making snide posts your way only manage to pull in a measley 10 - 30 BB/100 hands (I think that is the range they aim for). YOur strategy is netting you 100BB each hand, I know the one I would prefer.

Keep up the good work and ignore all of these nay-sayers. When you get the first chapters of the books done, I would love it if you posted them in the forums here for me to read through and learn from. I promise to buy the book when it is published (I will put a little aside from my first 10K that I make using your strategy)."

Nope, far from a winning formula so far. Still struggling at at 2NL to get my game under control, only been playing for a couple of months.

That post was rich with subtle sarcasm, guess I need to drop the subtle part for some of our reader base though. Was hoping to bait him for some more posts that I could have a bit of a chuckle at.

Originally Posted by Jurn8

Why do you need to be sweated when you made this post in the donk quest challenge?? I thought you already have a winning formula ?

On another note, if I was serious with this post that you are referring too, does that not show someone who needs sweating the most? I do not make any claims to my own poker abilities in that post, nor do I do anything but show an eagerness to learn (even if that eagerness is towards someone who clearly has no clue how to play poker).

This was not the intention of my post, as mentioned above, it was a sarcastic post, that I assumed most of the experienced members would be able to read through, but taking the assumption that it was a serious post, I don't see why it would lead you to believe that I have some arrogant attitude about my own playing.

I am still available for a sweating session this evening as outlined above. If anyone is willing to do that, please let me know. I will be playing poker on full tilt at that time regardless of a sweater or not.

Some of the donks around here would actually say that so for all I know a new poster could be saying this.

Regarding sweating, I am busy with exams and two sweats lined up until next week so probs wont be available for like another 2 weeks to sweat sorry dude.

Enty you want 25 or 50nl sweats?